Measuring approximately 15 ¼ X 20 1/2 this attractive Civil War vintage memorial is in memory of Pvt. Charles F. Stuart, Co. A or the hard fought 1st Maine Cavalry. Popular in the Civil War period, these colorful memorials were uniquely created from a printed form, with hand painted application of unit insignia and regimental identification, the soldier's name, occasionally a tipped on portrait, and battle history . This example offers the subject's participation with his Co. A 1st Maine Cavalry at the battles of Cedar Mountain, 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg with a record of his death at Finley Army Hospital in 1863 and period photo portrait. Best appreciated here by our illustrations, this desirable escutcheon offers good evidence of age and period originality while remaining bright, solid in form and will frame up to display nicely.
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